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Tata Motors launches Tata Ace trim with price starting at Rs 3.99 lakh

Tata Motors on Thursday said it has launched a new variant of its small commercial vehicle (SCV), the Ace Gold Petrol CX, with price starting at Rs 3.99 lakh (ex-showroom). Available in two variants, the flat bed variant is priced at Rs 3.99 lakh, while the half deck load body variant is tagged at Rs 4.10 lakh. Tata Motors said it has partnered with the State Bank of India to provide finance options to its customers to buy the model. "The Tata Ace continues to be a strong, reliable and multipurpose vehicle having provided means of livelihood to over 23 lakh Indians to date. Resonating the Government's Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision, Tata Motors aims to inspire an entrepreneurial mindset through the launch of this vehicle," Tata Motors Vice President (Product Line SCV and PU) Vinay Pathak said. The Tata Motors' Ace platform has exponentially evolved over the last 16 years, focusing on bringing safer, smarter and valuable offerings to its customers in last-mile transportation, he ...

Tata Motors plans to hike passenger vehicle prices from next week

The Mumbai-based auto major sells a range of passenger vehicles like Tiago, Nexon, Harrier and Safari in the domestic market.

Auto major Hyundai pitches for import duty cut on electric vehicles

Any duty rate cut by the government on imported electric vehicles would be very beneficial, says firm

Harley Davidson's turnaround plan gains traction, shows signs of progress

The 118-year-old American brand, which has been steadily losing U.S. market share amid declining retail sales for six years, has shifted focus back to big bikes

Toyota joins hands with Karnataka govt to impart industry specific training

Toyota Kirloskar Motor on Friday said it has inked a pact with the Karnataka government for imparting industry-specific skill, culture and knowledge to the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) students

First new Maruti Suzuki unit in Haryana can make 250,000 cars a year

The investment for the first unit would be to the tune of Rs 5,000-Rs 7,000 crore

Car sales double to over 200,000 in June, says automobile body Siam

Three-wheeler sales de­c­lined to 9,397 units last month as against 10,300 units in the same period last year

Global chip crisis deepens with Daimler, Jaguar warnings on sales

A shortage of automotive chips that began late last year as consumer demand for personal devices soared amid pandemic lockdowns has persisted through 2021

Auto firms post record production in June, make up for halt in May

With unlocking and a normal monsoon, industry expects sales momentum to continue, commodity price a worry

Skoda Auto India hopes Kushaq will give it the much-needed volume push

The midsize SUV will account for eight out of every ten models that the company will sell in India

Hero MotoCorp to hike prices to partially offset higher commodity prices

The prices will increase by up to Rs 3,000

Maruti, Tata Motors: Auto stocks showing positive trend reversal on charts

Maruti Suzuki was the top-performing index stock as it rose over 4 per cent after the company said it would be raising vehicle prices in the July-September quarter

Carmakers in India's auto hub allowed to operate at full capacity

Global carmakers such as Renault-Nissan, Hyundai Motor Co and others may operate with their full workforces in India's automaking hub from Sunday, despite worker protests over safety in the pandemic.

For Kia, the name is the game in India's hyper-competitive auto market

The Korean car-maker's rebranding just two years after entering India points to ambitions beyond cars

Tata Motors rolls out 200,000th unit of SUV Nexon

The company has claimed that the last 50,000 units have been rolled out in less than six months, as demand has outpaced supply and production has been hampered due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kia sees 31% dip in dispatches to 11,050 units in May from 16,111 in April

Automaker Kia India on Tuesday reported a 31 per cent decline in dispatches to dealers at 11,050 units in May compared to 16,111 units in April this year

Automobile sales skid in May as coronavirus second wave bites hard

Major automobile manufacturers like Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors and Toyota Kirloskar on Tuesday reported decline in domestic passenger vehicle sales in May compared to the previous month as a spike in COVID-19 cases and lockdowns across various states hit production and dispatches. The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), which shut production from May 1 to May 16 so as to divert oxygen from industrial use for medical purposes, reported domestic dispatches to dealers at 35,293 units last month, down 75 per cent from 1,42,454 units in April. The company said sales of its mini cars, comprising Alto and S-Presso, declined by 81 per cent to 4,760 units in May as against 25,041 units in April this year. Sales of compact segment vehicles, including Swift, Celerio, Ignis, Baleno and Dzire, declined by 72 per cent to 20,343 units from 72,318 cars in April. Likewise, utility vehicle sales, including Vitara Brezza, S-Cross and Ertiga, declined ..

Daimler India shuts bus and truckmaking unit for 3 days on parts shortage

Daimler said it is supporting its employees with its health programmes, adding that it will pay workers their full salaries for the non-production period

Hyundai Motor total sales dip 48% to 30,703 units in May over April

Hyundai Motor reported total sales of 30,703 units in May, a decline of 48% from 59,203 units it had sold in April this year as coronavirus-induced restrictions across states hit dispatches to dealers

Yamaha Motor slashes price of FZ 25 bike range by up to Rs 19,300

Yamaha Motor India said it has cut ex-showroom prices of its FZS 25 and FZ 25 bikes in the country with immediate effect on account of reduction in the input costs of the two models